Photos: Pat Quinn through the years

Pat Quinn smiles at a press conference before the Heritage Classic between the Vancouver Canucks and Ottawa Senators at BC Place on March 2. Quinn died Sunday after a long illness.

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Pat Quinn coached Canada to a gold medal at the Salt Lake City Winter Olympic Games in 2002. He has died at the age of 71, having endured coaching reigns in Toronto, Vancouver and Philadelphia.Brian Bahre, Getty Images
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Pat Quinn attends a press conference with Trevor Linden in 1995. Shortly before his death on Sunday, Quinn would not see many visitors - but Linden and his longtime teammate Kirk McLean insisted.Ian Lindsay, Vancouver Sun Files
/ Vancouver Sun

Pat Quinn hams it up for the cameras at the press conference announcing his appointment as coach of the 2002 Team Canada squad.Chris Mikula, The Ottawa Citizen
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Toronto Maple Leafs head coach Pat Quinn answers questions following an optional skate in Toronto on Monday April 19, 2004. Legendary hockey coach Quinn has died at the age of 71, according to a spokeswoman at the Hockey Hall of Fame. HE CANADIAN PRESS/ /Frank Gunn)Frank Gunn/THE CANADIAN PRESS

Defenceman Pat Quinn in the 1970-71 NHL season with the expansion Vancouver Canucks.

Hockey Hall of Fame inductee Scott Niedermayer (left) is presented with his ring by HHOF Chairman Pat Quinn at the Hall in Toronto on Friday November 8, 2013. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank GunnFrank Gunn/THE CANADIAN PRESS

Pat Quinn circa 1973 in the jersey of the Atlanta Flames, which he joined from the Vancouver Canucks.

March 15, 1989. PAT QUINN and a ‘friend’ watch over Canucks in March 1989.Ralph Bower

Vancouver Canucks president and general manager Pat Quinn (left) admires team’s new jersey with NHL franchise’s first GM, Bud Poile, in September 1989.Ralph Bower

Pat Quinn, circa 1970: ‘Smiling graciously at one another at Exhibition Park are two of Vancouver’s sports, Pat Quinn of the Vancouver Canucks and Grangers Pride, one of the harness racing’s invitational pacers. Quinn had just finished jogging Grangers Pride, and he claimed later he’s interested in buying a standardbred he can train and race at Vancouver’s winter meet.’Ray Allan

Vancouver Canuck 1st yr. Coach Tom Renney (left) and G.M Pat Quinn react to tough questioning by local media over the team's dissmal season and missing the playoffs for the first time since 1990.Archive
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The 1994 Vancouver Canucks, who went to the NHL's Stanley Cup final, are joined by their coach Pat Quinn on the red carpet prior to the 2014 Tim Hortons NHL Heritage Classic at BC Place Stadium Sunday March 2, 2014 in Vancouver. The Vancouver Canucks lost to the Ottawa Senators, 4-2.Ric Ernst
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Mr Hockey Gordie Howe (left) and Pat Quinn give Marcel Dionne (right) a hard time as he signs an autograph before they go out onto the ice at the Coliseum for Howe's 80th birthday party.Ward Perrin
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Rick Ley was 29-32-15 when was fired 76 games into 1996-96 season and replaced by Pat Quinn.Steve Bosch
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Pat Quinn hockey player, coach and manger (left) is invested as Officer to the Order of Canada by Governor General David Johnston at Rideau Hall, the official residence of the Governor General, in Ottawa Friday November 23, 2012.Fred Chartrand
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Pat Quinn, Head Coach for Canada, coaches his team practice in preparation for the Gold medal match against Sweden.Jean Levac, The Ottawa Citizen
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Pat Quinn listens as Trevor Linden tells a story during a Vancouver Giants game in 2012. The Canucks' new president of hockey will be on hand as the team inducts Quinn into the Ring of Honour in Sunday's otherwise disappointing season finale.Arlen Redekop
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Captain Thomas Hickey sits with head coach Pat Quinn of Canada's National Junior Hockey Team for the official team photo.Chris Mikula/The Ottawa Citizen/Canwest News Service.
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In this file photo, head coach Pat Quinn of the Edmonton Oilers looks on from the bench as he leads the Oilers against the Colorado Avalanche during NHL action at the Pepsi Center.Doug Pensinger, Getty Images
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Edmonton Oilers head coach Pat Quinn waits for the hockey players to hit the ice at Rexall Place in Edmonton, Alberta for training camp on Sunday September 13 2009.Brian J. Gavriloff
/ Edmonton Journal

Hockey Hall of Fame inductee Brendan Shanahan is presented with his ring by Chairman Pat Quinn (right) and Chair of the selection committee Jim Gregory at the Hall in Toronto on Friday November 8, 2013.Frank Gunn
/ THE CANADIAN PRESS

Pat Quinn (1991 to 1994 and 1996) was the 11th head coach in the history of the Vancouver Canucks NHL franchise. DID YOU KNOW: ‘The Big Irishman’ had a long, largely successful association with the Canucks both as a coach and a GM, the highlight being a Game 7 Stanley Cup final appearance against the (ultimately victorious) New York Rangers. In his own right, Quinn became the first Canucks coach to win the Jack Adams Trophy as the league’s coach of the year (1991-92).Bill Keay
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Pat Quinn, shown yelling behind the bench with veteran Russ Courtnall (left) and a young Markus Naslund right) in front. Quinn (1991 to 1994 and 1996) was the 11th head coach in the history of the Vancouver Canucks NHL franchise. DID YOU KNOW: ‘The Big Irishman’ had a long, largely successful association with the Canucks both as a coach and a GM, the highlight being a Game 7 Stanley Cup final appearance against the (ultimately victorious) New York Rangers. In his own right, Quinn became the first Canucks coach to win the Jack Adams Trophy as the league’s coach of the year (1991-92).Peter Battistoni
/ Vancouver Sun files

Pat Quinn (1991 to 1994 and 1996) was the 11th head coach in the history of the Vancouver Canucks NHL franchise. DID YOU KNOW: ‘The Big Irishman’ had a long, largely successful association with the Canucks both as a coach and a GM, the highlight being a Game 7 Stanley Cup final appearance against the (ultimately victorious) New York Rangers. In his own right, Quinn became the first Canucks coach to win the Jack Adams Trophy as the league’s coach of the year (1991-92).Bill Keay
/ Vancouver Sun files

Team captain Cassie Campbell, representing Canada’s women’s national hockey team, at Thursday’s news conference where the 2002 gold medal-winning club was inducted into the Canadian Olympic Hall of Fame. Here she’s flanked by Team Canada’s men’s coach Pat Quinn (left) and Hockey Canada president Bob Nicholson, representing the men’s 2002 gold medal-winning team that was also inducted.Ian Lindsay
/ Vancouver Sun

Pat Quinn was the general manager of the Vancouver Canucks during the shortened 1994-95 NHL season.Jason Payne
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